Mesopotamian Arabic

Mesopotamian Arabic
Mesopotamian Arabic
Iraqi Arabic
اللهجة العراقية
Pronunciation	il-lahja il-iraqia /il-læhdʒə il-ʕɪrɐqijːɛ/
Native to	Iraq (Mesopotamia), Syria, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Jordan, parts of northern and eastern Arabia
Region	Mesopotamia, Armenian highlands, Cilicia
Speakers	Gelet/South (acm): 18 million (2020); Qeltu/North (ayp): 10 million (2020)
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Mesopotamian Arabic; ; ; ; ;
Dialects	Gelet; Qeltu;
Writing system	Arabic alphabet
Signed forms	Iraqi Sign
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; acm – Gelet; ayp – Qeltu
Glottolog	meso1252; nort3142
	Areas where Mesopotamian Arabic are widely spoken.

Mesopotamian Arabic (Arabic: لهجة بلاد ما بين النهرين) or Iraqi Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة العراقية) is a group of varieties of Arabic spoken in the Mesopotamian basin of Iraq, as well as in Syria, Kuwait, southeastern Turkey, Iran, and Iraqi diaspora communities.

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